Op-Ed by Matthew J. Brouillette. The following commentary originally appeared in the Sunbury Daily Item. “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” This quote, whose true origin remains up for debate,…
Op-Ed by Gina Diorio. The following commentary originally appeared at Broad + Liberty. We’ve heard the Scriptural principle, “Before you take the speck out of your brother’s eye, take the beam out of your own.” This warning against trying to…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Tensions flare over election audit funding in new state budget It seems some disagreement is brewing over what's actually in the budget passed by the General Assembly last week…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Budget trade: School aid for overtime rule The AP reports, "A key trade that sealed a budget deal between Gov. Tom Wolf and Republicans who control the Legislature was…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Happy Monday: We have a budget On Friday, lawmakers passed a $39.8 billion general fund spending plan. Factoring in one-time spending from federal stimulus funds, the general fund spending plan is…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! State budget votes could begin today Capitolwire reports (paywall) that the proposed FY 2021-22 state budget could begin moving through the General Assembly today, with final votes potentially coming…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! House votes to ban vaccine passports Yesterday, the House voted on party lines to ban state and local governments, including school districts, as well as colleges and universities from…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! House passes election reform bill By a 110-91 vote, the House last evening passed the Voting Rights Protection Act, sponsored by Rep. Seth Grove (York County). Among other things,…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Outmigration costs PA big $$ Pennsylvania lost $1.7 billion in 2019 due to folks moving out of the state, according to a new analysis reported by the Center Square.…
Get News & Brews in your inbox each day: Subscribe here! Grove takes election reform to Wolf press conference Yesterday, Gov. Wolf held another press conference denouncing imagined voter disenfranchisement, even as he had thus far refused to come to…